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One of the most striking features of international institutional law that emerges from the several case studies collected in this issue is that enforcement authority is now vested in international institutions alongside the more familiar types of public authority almost as a matter of course. Enforcement of international law by international institutions needs to be distinguished from other closely related concepts of public authority that are in turn the subject of closer studies collected in this issue. As discussed by von Bogdandy, Dann and Goldmann, international institutions often dispose of an implementation authority which in turn is subject to a branch of international institutional law. The responsibilities and indeed the authority of international institutions do not stop at the mere implementation of their legal base. However, enforcement involves a categorically different exercise of public authority. It concerns the interaction with another subject of law. Insofar as enforcement essentially empowers an international institution to confront States it deeply interferes with the sovereign’s conduct, and its very existence may seem counterintuitive.
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Röben, V. (2010). The Enforcement Authority of International Institutions. In: von Bogdandy, A., Wolfrum, R., von Bernstorff, J., Dann, P., Goldmann, M. (eds) The Exercise of Public Authority by International Institutions. Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, vol 210. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04531-8_28
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